[4K] Chasing the Pan Am Railways OCS Through Central Maine (11/9/2021)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- On 11/8/2021, a friend of mine notified me that the Pan Am OCS would be dead heading to Rigby and potentially Ayer, Mass. On this trip the FP9A's (PAR 1 and PAR 2) would be left at Waterville since they lack PTC (which in previous trips the plan was to tuck a B40-8 in the train, and swap leaders when entering PTC territory) and since the train would be traveling through MBTA territory, the leader needed it. The MEC 7542 which has been painted for some time, was run through the paint booth so it would look fresh like the rest of the train. I picked the train up at Rice Rips Road in Oakland, ME after watching it depart Waterville, and chased it to Danville Jct. Although I tried to get it at Penny Road in New Glouster, I decided instead to go after RUPO 321 which was following the OCS west. Unfortunately, RUPO was held at mile 157, since DJ-1 was working International Paper in Auburn, and still had a few customers to switch before they could meet RUPO at the Fairgrounds siding, where they would run around the train, and would then head back to Danville Jct. to tie down. This meant there was no way to get RUPO with light, so I called it a day but not before getting a quick shot of DJ-1 with the 3402 at International Paper.
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That 7542 broke the other day. Might be retired as I hear it had engine damage. Nice video
Luckily they got it back in service.
Great job on the chase, excellent lighting and a very nice K3L on the leader! thumbs up
Thanks for watching! Its disappointing that they didn't use one of the C40-8's with a really fouled horn. I am sure the executives would have loved that!
@@Maine_Railfan You'd prefer a fouled horn or the dash 8? haha
Does CN go on the CP Moosehead Sub and if it does how often?
They dont.
@@Maine_Railfan oh I thought maybe very rare like once or twice a year or a few times a decade
I wonder what will become of this railroad once CSX takes over. I’m sure those old signals will be retired with their satellite 📡 length PTC.
Same here, I hope things change for the better, but the operational practices at Pan Am mirror CSX pretty closely, so I am not getting my hopes up. Most of the signals in this video are retired anyway, a car took out the bungalow about 10 years ago which controlled a 5 mile stretch, so Pan Am just made it dark territory. I know there isn't much public support for CSX up here. Pan Am got $80 Million in grants to upgrade track, which was delayed due to the sale meaning CSX, a company which makes considerably more money than Pan Am will be doing most of the $100 Million goal CSX set for track work. Not only that, but all the money CSX intends on investing in the railroad will be directed at the Worcester Mass-Ayer Mass and Ayer Mass-Mattawamkeag main line, and not the hundreds of miles of branches that serve some of the largest employers in the state. So that leads me to believe that the branches will be spun off in the future.
3:40, I wish I still lived there. And hey, you stood on that rock pile where I once videoed POWA. That’s a good shot
Nice!
Awesome Video
Thanks for watching!
@@Maine_Railfan np
Cool chase video.
Thanks for watching!
Nice. It’s interesting to see it led by a C40 and not a FP9.
The f9s lack ptc so there oos
Thanks for watching! Since the train went to District 3 it needed a PTC leader. Last time it ran, the plan was to tack a PTC equipped B40 into the consist, and when entering PTC territory, they would swap leaders. In the end they didn't end up going into PTC territory.
They aren't out of service, but they are stored.
Hey man I finally have a new video
Nice